Kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.) I A. M. MURRAY. KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 464,981. Y Patented Dec. 15,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT M. MURRAY, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,981, dated December15, 1891. Application filed December 11, 1890. Serial No, 374,299. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improvement in kitchen-cabinets whichcombines with it a flour bin and sifter; and the novelty will be fullyunderstood from the following descriptionand claims, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved kitchen-cabinet, showing the upper doorpartly broken away to illustrate the hopper-receptacle. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the cabinet, showing the parts in position.Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the sieve-frame; and Fig. 4: is ahorizontal sectional view of the hopper, taken slightly above itsdischarge end.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a kitchen-cabinet,which is mainly of a rectangular form and may be of any ordinary orapproved construction. This cabinet is provided with a suitable numberof horizontally-arranged sliding drawers, which may be used for holdingmeal, spices, utensils, and the like and are supported upon. suitableledges 1), extending from the side walls of the case, as shown. Abovethese drawers, within the case, is a flour-receptacle B, which ispreferably formed of sheet metal. This receptacle, starting from theroof or top 0, has its walls converging, as shown at (Z, and saidconverging walls terminate in a dischargemouth, where they merge into anannulus, as shown in Fig. 40f the drawings. At the discharge-mouth c isprovided an internal annular flange f, and across saiddischarge-openingis arranged a bar g, provided with a hole h. It will beobserved that the side walls of the hopper-receptacle are closed fromthe interior of the cabinet by having their upper ends snugly securedagainst the inner walls of said cabinet, as shown at 1', therebyrendering the lower end or mouth of said hopper the only means ofcommunication between the interior of the hopper and the lower interiorof the case or cabinet.

In order that flour placed in the hoppershaped receptacle B maybe keptfrom discharging into any of the drawers beneath, except the uppermostone, I arrange said hopper with its discharge end centrally within thecase and so reduced as to enter the upper drawer. I also arrange at thelower end of the hopper, on opposite sides thereof, guards 0. Theseguards, which also serve the additional function of bracing thehopper-walls, are formed of sheet metal bent in an angular form, asshown, and having a vertical wall 70, which extends up against the outerwalls of the hopper, and a wall Z, which is horizontally disposed andextends from the inner side walls of the case to within a sufficient distance beyond the side walls of the upper drawer.

D indicates a sieve which is of a conical form. This sieve has its baseprovided with a marginal horizontal plate m, which extends a sufficientdistance within the cone, and is also provided with a crossbar '17,,having a vertical hole 19, designed to coincide with the hole h in thecross-bar g of the hopper-receptacle l3.

Extending vertically through the conical sieve D is a rod E, which hasits lower end projected beyond the lower cross-bar a, so as to enter thehole h and form a pivot for said sieve. The opposite end of this rod Eextends through the roof of the case or cabinet and terminates in acrank-arm F, said rod being sustained in a vertical position by means ofa guide G, secured to the roof of the case and adapted to permit the rodto be readily disconnected, whereby the sieve may be removed from thehopper when desired.

II indicates an agitator, which is composed of a single wire, as shown,being. secured midway of its length to the vertical wire E at a suitablepoint above the cone and its ends carried downwardly and secured atdiametrically-opposite points to the base m. This agitator, whichextends well up into the receptacle B, serves to ease the sitting actionof the conical sieve and prevent clogging of the flour during operation.4

In the top of the case is an opening I, which 5 is sufficiently large topermit the introduction of the sieve, and this opening is designed to beclosed by a tightly-fittin g cover K.

From the construction described it will be seen that the base on of thecone fits upon the 10 inner annular fiangef of the receptacle, so

that the flour as it is sifted must pass down through the cone anddischarge from its interior.

A cabinet of this construction may be I5 cheaply manufactured. It isneat in appearance and effective in operation.

M M indicate two bars which slide in recesses in the casing or cabinetbeneath the door B and are adapted to serve as rests or '20 supports forsaid door when let down to be used asa kneading-board.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a kitchen-cabinet,the combination, 2 5 with the main case, of the flour-receptaclearranged in the upper portion and having its Walls converging andmerging into an annulus at their lower ends and also having the internalann ular flange at the discharge, the vertically-arranged conical sieve,the operating-rod, and the agitator-wire secured to said rod and sieve,substantially as specified.

2. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination, with a flour-receptacle havingconverging walls, of avertically-arranged rotatable conical sievearranged therein, and the agitatorwire secured to the sieve and withinthe flourreceptacle, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the main frame or case, of the flour-receptacleB, having c011- verging walls terminating in an annular discharge andhaving the inner annular flangef, the cross-bar g, and hole 41, theconical sieve having the base-plate m, cross-bar n, andhole therein, therod E, agitator H, and the angular guards 0, arranged substantially asspecified. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT M. MURRAY.

Vitnesses:

WILsoN RoosE, WILBER L. STONEX.

